A steady shower of water fell from the ceiling of the Airbus A380 during Flight BA292 from Heathrow to Washington DC. Stairs at the front of the plane leading from the First cabin up to Club World seats were also drenched. Crew members were soaked trying to mop up the water and passengers scarpered to…
A Venezuelan-registered Boeing 747 red-flagged by the United States has been seized at Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza airport. According to reports, twelve of the cargo aircraft occupants were of Venezuelan nationality while five others held Iranian passports. The Venezuelan-registered Boeing 747-300 of the Emtrasur company, red-flagged by the United States, has been seized at Buenos Aires’…
Airbus is preparing the first flight of its Airbus A321XLR aircraft. The aircraft, with serial number MSN1100, is expected to perform its first test flight from Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport this week. The first prototype performed its Rejected Take-off Test ahead of its first flight which is scheduled for Wednesday. The Airbus A321XLR will have a range…
London’s Heathrow Airport said on Monday that May was its busiest month since March 2020 as it dealt with 5.3 million passengers, 79% of 2019 levels. Cancelled flights, long queues and staff shortages at UK airports disrupted the travel plans of British holidaymakers during the Jubilee half-term break. However, Heathrow said its check-in generally worked…
An easyJet plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Edinburgh Airport as the pilot was being ill in the toilet. EasyJet flight U26938 was reportedly forced to request an expedited landing this morning, with passengers claiming the pilot went into the toilet sick and didn’t come out. EasyJet flight U26938 was approaching the…
East Midlands Airport had to close its runway and divert a number of flights after drones were spotted nearby. Eight flights were diverted to different airports on Friday evening after drones were spotted around a mile away near Donington Park in Leicestershire, where Download Festival is taking place this weekend. The airport was forced to…
Comair’s business rescue practitioners have lodged a court application on Thursday to convert the business rescue proceedings into liquidation proceedings. This is because the company could not raise the necessary funding to continue with operations. In a notice, published on Thursday, the BRPs advised creditors that they no longer believe there is a reasonable prospect…
Syria has suspended all flights at Damascus International Airport after Israeli air strikes damaged a runway, according to sources. Al-Watan newspaper said that Friday’s attack left the runway at the airport damaged. The ministry said the “suspension of incoming and outgoing flights through Damascus International Airport” was due to technical disruptions, but an airport employee…
A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet being flown by a U.S. Air Force pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Hawaii. A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet made an emergency landing at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Hawaii on Monday afternoon. The pilot was sent to the hospital…
China’s most advanced aircraft carrier to date appears to be nearing completion, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press s, as experts suggested the vessel could be launched soon. The newly developed Type 003 carrier has been under construction at the Jiangnan Shipyard northeast of Shanghai since 2018. Satellite images taken by Planet Labs PBC…
A Chinese J-7 fighter jet has crashed during training. A J-7 fighter jet of the PLA Air Force crashed in Xiangyang, Central China’s Hubei Province on Thursday morning during training, leading to damage to residential buildings. Two civilians injured, one dead, pilot ejected safely, according to media reports. The injured pilot and personnel on the…
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport has cancelled a quarter of Thursday morning flights after staff announced a strike. Unionised employees will walk off the job between 7am and 2pm on Thursday morning as part of a protest against low wages. “We demand a 300 euro raise for all,” the CGT union said in a statement, pointing…